Our Handfasting Ceremony by lilmoongodess, literature
Literature
Our Handfasting Ceremony
Welcome, friends and loved ones, as we gather to celebrate the marriage of Jacob and Cindy. Divine Ones, I ask Ye to Bless this couple, their Love, and their Marriage as long as they shall live and love together. May they each enjoy a long, healthy life filled with Joy, Love, Stability and Fertility.
In all the eons, there has been no greater culmination in nature than the Union of people in Love. Since the first sparks of life began, there has been the possibility of companionship, and the possibility of loneliness. And then Nature created Love, and from such Love came Harmony.
Sadly, many humans have turned away from Nature's Love and
My pentagram is not evil.
My ways are not a sin.
My god is not Satan,
And murder is not my thing.
I follow the old ways,
Because now I wont die.
I follow many Gods and Goddess alike,
And unlike in the past,
Your murders are not considered right.
No more can you burn us,
No more can you drown us,
No more can you murder us,
Now we will stand and fight.
Because of what we are, we may never fit in.
Because of what we believe in, we may never be accepted by others.
Because of the symbol recognizing our faith, people say we worship a Devil.
Because of the name of the followers, we are catagorized as evil.
Does this make it right?
Just because we seem different, does that give you the right to shun us from the world?
Does it give you the right to keep us secluded?
For past hundreds of years, we have been burned at the stake or drowned in a lake.
We are the people of discovered inner power.
We are people of Earth, of Air, of Water, Fire, and Spirit.
We worship the Lord, and the Lady.
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The Wiccan Beliefs
The following is not universally accepted by all Wiccans and Pagans, but as a general rule, these are representative of the Wiccan belief system. This list was borrowed from Our Lady of the Woods, Copyright 1983. Though these may look similiar to the Wiccan principles, they are different.
The divine Spirit is present in all creatures and things: people, animals, plants, stones...
The ultimate creative force manifests in both feminine and masculine modes; therefore it is often symbolized as the Goddess and The God.
In some covens, both are celebrated equally. In others, The Goddess is given precedence or even celebrated